Monday morning rain wreaked havoc on the commute throughout Ventura County, contributing to fender benders and a fatal crash near Camarillo.

One person was killed in a head-on collision just before 6:20 a.m. near the intersection of East Fifth Street and East Pleasant Valley Road, south of the Camarillo Airport.

The collision was one of the multiple traffic incidents that were reported Monday during sustained rainfall.

"There have been a lot of crashes, people hitting the guardrails," said Officer Kevin Denharder, a spokesman for the Ventura-area California Highway Patrol.

The rain fell throughout Monday morning but tapered off by the afternoon, according to the National Weather Service.

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Broken glass on the westbound shoulder of Fifth Street, east of Pleasant Valley Road, where a fatal head-on crash occurred Monday morning south of Camarillo.(Photo: GRETCHEN WENNER/THE STAR)

Between 10 p.m. Sunday and 10 a.m. Monday, the storm provided between a quarter of an inch to 2 inches of rain to Ventura County cities, according to the Ventura County Watershed Protection District.

The rain was part of a series of storms that moved through the area over the weekend, beginning Saturday and delivered more than an inch of rain to nearly all regions of the county. Some cities, such as Ventura, Fillmore and Santa Paula saw well over 2 inches.

The storms contributed to seasonal rainfall totals as well, pushing most regions of Ventura County close to normal rainfall levels to date.

According to the watershed protection district, as of 3 p.m. Monday, only Lockwood Valley and Thousand Oaks have received less than 70 percent of their normal rainfall amounts to date.

Meanwhile, Camarillo, El Rio, Lake Sherwood, Santa Paula, Saticoy and Ventura have all received over 100 percent of normal rainfall amounts to date.

Additional rain is expected Friday but Kristen Stewart, a weather service meteorologist, said information regarding the storm was scarce as of Monday morning.

Slick roadways

During the worst of the commute, drivers reported losing control of their vehicles due to the slick roadways. Most of the incidents did not result in major injuries, Denharder said.

However, the head-on collision reported Monday morning resulted in the death of one man and injuries to another.

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Yellow police tape remained on the westbound shoulder of Fifth Street, east of Pleasant Valley Road, at sunset Monday. A head-on crash killed one man around 6:20 a.m. at the site south of Camarillo.(Photo: GRETCHEN WENNER/THE STAR)

According to the CHP, a Nissan pickup driven by a 65-year-old man from Oxnard lost control while traveling westbound on Fifth Street. The Nissan crossed into the opposing lane "for reasons that are still being investigated," the CHP said, and hit head-on a Ford F-250 pickup driven by a 27-year-old Oxnard man.

Ventura County Fire Department personnel responded to the incident south of the Camarillo Airport and pronounced the 65-year-old dead at the scene.

The 27-year-old man was transported to St. John's Pleasant Valley Hospital with minor injuries following the collision.

The incident closed Fifth Street in both directions for more than two hours before reopening just before 8:30 a.m. The fatal crash remains under investigation by the CHP.

The agency advised anyone with information regarding the incident to contact 805-662-2640.

The storms caused the closures of Pacific Coast Highway on Saturday evening and Highway 23, between the PCH and Mulholland Highway, on Sunday due to mud and debris flows in the Woolsey Fire burn area.

Although California Department of Transportation crews worked throughout the weekend to clear the roadway, it would not reopen until Tuesday morning, Caltrans spokesman Marc Bischoff said.

As the region heads into the heart of its rain season, Bischoff said the closures could be common as crews await the reestablishment of vegetation in the burn areas, which could take between five and six years.

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Water rushes through Calleguas Creek in Camarillo on Monday as rain falls in Ventura County.(Photo: ANTHONY PLASCENCIA/THE STAR)

In the meantime, Bischoff said Highway 23 would be closed for an unknown duration and advised motorists to follow Caltrans District 7 on Twitter for updates.

Highway 33 between Wheeler Hot Springs and Lockwood Valley Road was closed for less than an hour around 1 p.m. Sunday. The roadway was reopened with no chain restrictions, Caltrans said.

The agency said Highway 33 would be closed Monday and Tuesday evenings, between 8 p.m. and 6 a.m., for road repairs between Shell and Canada Larga Road in Ventura.

The weekend's closure of PCH was not the first to occur this rain season. A storm in early December closed the roadway for several hours also due to debris flows.